How to Find a Password for a Verizon DSL Wireless Modem

The login credentials for your Verizon DSL wireless modem are generally the user name and password of the primary account you set up with Verizon when you initially installed the Verizon software onto the network computer. If these credentials don't work, or if you cannot remember what this password is, often the best way to then "find" it is to simply reset it. You can reset your Verizon DSL wireless modem password through the router's Management Console. The router's Management Console is only accessible through the Internet.

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Test Primary User Account Credentials

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Login to the computer connected to the Verizon DSL wireless modem. Launch the computer's Web browser.

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Go to the router's Management Console Web page.

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Type the user name of your primary Verizon user account in the "User Name" box. Type the password associated with this account when it was first set up into the "Password" box. Click "OK." If entering these credentials fails to log you in to the router's Management Console, try simply resetting the password.

Reset Verizon Wireless DSL Modem Password

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Login to the computer connected to the Verizon DSL wireless modem. Launch the computer's Web browser.

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Go to the router's Management Console Web page.

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Type "admin" in the "User Name" box. Type "password" in the "Password" box. "Admin" and "password" are the default user name and password for Verizon DSL modems. Click "OK."

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Enter a new user name in the "User Name" box. Enter a new password in the "New Password" box, and type it again in the "Retype New Password" box.